US20120168261A1 - Elevator group supervisory control system and elevator group supervisory control method - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an elevator group supervisory control system having a remote hall operating panel and an elevator group supervisory control method.
- Patent Literature 2 discloses an elevator group supervisory control system having a remote hall operating panel installed in a place away from an elevator hall.
- the car which has becomes an empty car is dispatched to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, which is a parking floor, posing the problem that power consumption increases due to a useless run from the floor at which the last passenger has got out of the car to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor.
- An elevator group supervisory control system of the present invention includes hall call means which is provided in an elevator hall and performs registration of a hall call, remote hall call means which is provided in a place away from the elevator hall and performs registration of a hall call, parking floor determination means which determines a first parking floor intended for causing an empty car to be on standby and parking floor cancel means which cancels the first parking floor when the first parking floor determined by the parking floor determination means and remote-hall-call-means-installed floor on which the remote hall call means is provided are the same.
- An elevator group supervisory control method of the present invention includes a parking floor determination step for determining a first parking floor intended for causing an empty car to be on standby and a parking floor cancel step for canceling the first parking floor when the first parking floor determined in the parking floor determination step and a remote-hall-call-means-installed floor which is provided in a place away from an elevator hall and is provided with remote hall call means which performs the registration of a hall call are the same.
- a parking floor is prevented from being set as a remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, it is possible to improve the operation efficiency of the elevators and it is possible to reduce useless runs.
- FIG. 1 is a general block diagram showing a group supervisory control system in Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of a remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor of the building where the group supervisory control system in Embodiment 1 is provided.
- FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the building where group supervisory control system in Embodiment 1 is provided.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the group supervisory controller 1 in Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the processing performed by the group supervisory controller 1 in Embodiment 2.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the group supervisory controller 1 in Embodiment 3.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the group supervisory controller 1 in Embodiment 4.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the group supervisory controller 1 in Embodiment 5.
- Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described.
- FIG. 1 is a general block diagram showing a group supervisory control system in Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of a remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor of the building where the group supervisory control system in Embodiment 1 is provided.
- FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the building where group supervisory control system in Embodiment 1 is provided.
- the building 6 is a 10-storied building composed of the 1st floor to the 10th floor.
- the 1st floor is an entrance floor where there is an entrance to the building
- the 2nd to 4th floors are department floors where stores line up
- the 5th floor is a restaurant floor where restaurant line up
- the 9th and 10th floors are office floors.
- the elevator 3 of four elevators 3 a to 3 d a hall button 4 composed of 10 units 4 a to 4 j , each being provided in the elevator hall of each floor, a remote hall operating panel 5 which is provided in a place away from the elevator hall of the first floor, and a group supervisory controller 1 , which are connected to a bus 2 .
- “elevator” in the elevator 3 above refers to one elevator by the car.
- a car 33 and a weight 34 are lifted and lowered by a traction machine 32 , and the traction machine 32 is drive-controlled by a drive control circuit 31 .
- An elevator controller 30 is connected to a bus 2 , and controls the drive control circuit 31 on the basis of a control command received from a group supervisory controller 1 via the bus 2 .
- the elevator controller 30 and the drive control circuit 31 are housed in a control panel (not shown) of the elevator 3 .
- a car operating panel 35 by use of which a passenger registers a car call by inputting destination floor information.
- car call is a command issued to the elevator controller 30 to the effect that the car 33 is caused to be dispatched to the destination floor on the basis of the destination floor information inputted by use of the car operating panel 35 .
- the elevator controller 30 upon input of the destination floor information by the car operating panel 35 the elevator controller 30 transmits car call registration information based on this destination floor information to the group supervisory controller 1 .
- the hall button 4 has an upward button and a downward button in order that the passenger registers a hall call by inputting the information on the destination floor direction.
- the hall button 4 provided on the 1st floor which is the lowest floor has only an upward button
- the hall button 4 provided on the 10th floor which is the highest floor has only a downward button.
- hall call refers to a command issued to the group supervisory controller 1 on the basis of the information on the destination floor direction inputted by use of the hall button 4 to the effect that the car 33 is caused to be dispatched to the floor where the hall button 4 by use of which this information on the destination floor direction has been inputted is provided (hereinafter referred to as the “hall-call-registered floor”), and that after the passengers get on of the car, the car 33 is caused to run from the hall-call-registered floor in the destination floor direction.
- destination floor direction refers to the direction from a hall-call-registered floor to a destination floor. Incidentally, upon input of the information on the destination floor direction, the hall button 4 transmits this information on the destination floor direction to the group supervisory controller 1 .
- the remote hall operating panel 5 is provided in the vicinity of the entrance 7 of the first floor of the building 6 and is formed from a security gate by use of which the passenger inputs security authentication information by holding his or her ID card thereto or performing fingerprint authentication.
- the remote hall operating panel 5 makes a determination as to whether or not the passenger should be allowed to enter the building 6 , and in the case where entering the building is permitted, the remote hall operating panel 5 performs a remote hall registration and transmits the information on the remote hall call registration to the group supervisory controller 1 .
- remote hall call is a command issued to the group supervisory controller 1 to the effect that the car 33 is caused to be dispatched to the 1st floor where the remote hall operating panel 5 is provided (hereinafter referred to as the “remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor”), and that after the passengers get on of the car, the car 33 is caused to run from the 1st floor upward.
- the group supervisory controller 1 is provided, for example, within the control panel of a machine room, and performs the group supervisory control of the elevators 3 a to 3 d on the basis of the information on hall call registrations, the information on car call registrations, the information on remote hall call registrations and the like.
- the group supervisory controller 1 has a storage section 11 which stores a program and the information and the like used in the execution of this program, and a control section 10 , such as a central processing unit which executes the program stored in the storage section 11 , which are connected to a bus 13 . And this bus 13 is connected to the bus 2 via an I/F section 12 .
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the group supervisory controller 1 in Embodiment 1. Incidentally, the actions of the group supervisory controller 1 are performed in accordance with a program stored by the control section 10 of the group supervisory controller 1 in the storage section 11 .
- the group supervisory controller 1 beforehand stores the information on the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor which identifies the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor in the storage section 11 .
- the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor is the 1st floor.
- the group supervisory controller 1 stores the information on car call registrations, information on hall call registrations, and information on remote hall call registrations, which are received as required from the elevator controller 30 , the hall button 4 , and the remote hall operating panel 5 , respectively, in the storage section 11 as learning data.
- the group supervisory controller 1 periodically finds predicted demand values corresponding to each of the 1st to 10th floors, and stores the found predicted demand values in the storage section 11 .
- the predicted demand value of each floor varies according to a day of the week and time zone.
- the predicted demand value of each floor is calculated on the basis of the probability of the occurrence of a hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a remote hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a car call registration with that floor serving as the destination floor, and so on. And when a floor has a high predicted demand value, this means that a large traffic volume is predicted for the floor.
- the floor having the highest predicted demand value is the entrance floor which is the 1st floor.
- the floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the 1st floor is the restaurant floor which is the 5th floor.
- the group supervisory controller 1 determines a parking floor, and stores the parking floor information which identifies the determined parking floor in the storage section 11 (Step S 1 ).
- parking floor is a floor at which a car 33 to which a hall call registration or a remote hall call registration has not been assigned and on which there is no passenger, i.e., an empty car is caused to be on standby until a hall call registration or a remote hall call registration is assigned.
- a floor having the highest predicted demand value may sometimes be selected as a parking floor, and a floor intermediate between floors having two high predicted demand values may sometimes be selected as a parking floor.
- a parking floor As a floor having a high predicted demand value or in the vicinity thereof, it is possible to quickly respond to many hall call registrations or remote hall call registrations and hence it is possible to shorten the time during which the passengers in the elevator hall of each floor wait as a whole. That is, it is possible to improve the operation efficiency of the whole group supervisory control system.
- the parking floor is set as the 1st floor having the highest predicted demand value.
- the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor are the same (Step S 2 ). That is, the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the parking floor is set as the 1st floor which is the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor.
- the flow of processing proceeds to S 4 .
- Step S 3 the group supervisory controller 1 cancels the parking floor. That is, in FIG. 3 , the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor are both the 1st floor and hence the group supervisory controller 1 cancels the parking floor, for example, by erasing the parking floor information from the storage section 11 . As a result of this, the parking floor does not exist anymore.
- the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not a new remote hall call registration has occurred on the remote hall operating panel 5 (Step S 4 ). That is, the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the group supervisory controller 1 has received the information on a new remote hall call registration from the remote hall operating panel 5 .
- the flow of processing proceeds to S 6 .
- Step S 5 the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not a new hall call registration has occurred by use of the hall button 4 (Step S 5 ). That is, the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the group supervisory controller 1 has received the information on a new hall call registration from the hall button 4 .
- the flow of processing proceeds to S 6 .
- the group supervisory controller 1 calculates an evaluation value of each car 33 and stores the calculated evaluation value of each car 33 in the storage section 11 (Step S 6 ).
- the “evaluation value” of each car 33 refers to a value calculated on the basis of the waiting time of passengers in each elevator hall expected when a new remote hall call registration or a hall call registration to the car 33 is assigned to the car 33 , the total weight of the passengers present in the car 33 , and the like. And when a car 33 has a high evaluation value, this means that it is difficult to assign a new remote hall call registration or a new hall call registration to this car 33 .
- the group supervisory controller 1 selects a car 33 having the lowest evaluation value, assigns the new remote hall call registration which has occurred in S 4 or the hall call registration which has occurred in S 5 to the selected car 33 (Step S 7 ), and thereafter finishes the processing.
- the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not a car 33 to which a hall call registration or a remote hall call registration has not been assigned and on which there is no passenger exists, that is, an empty car exists (Step S 8 ). When it is determined in S 8 that an empty car does not exist, the processing is finished as it is.
- the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the car 33 which is an empty car is caused to be capable of being on standby at the parking floor (Step S 9 ).
- the group supervisory controller 1 dispatches this car 33 to the parking floor (Step S 10 ) and thereafter finishes the processing.
- the processing shown in FIG. 4 is periodically performed, and the steps S 1 to S 10 may be sequentially carried out or it is also possible to repeatedly carry out each step independently in cycles different from each other.
- the remote hall operating panel 5 may also be installed within the building 6 in multiple numbers, may also be installed outside the building 6 , and may also be installed on floors except the lowest floor. Moreover, the remote hall operating panel 5 is not limited to a security gate and may be composed of, for example, an upward button and a downward button for inputting the information on the destination floor direction. And the security authentication information may include destination floor information, and the information on remote hall call registrations may include destination floor information by providing a ten-key for inputting destination floor information to the remote hall operating panel 5 .
- the parking floor information stored in the storage section 11 in S 1 may be set during the installation of the group supervisory control system.
- Embodiment 1 in the case where the parking floor is set as the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, it is possible to cancel the parking floor.
- the car to which a remote hall call registration has been assigned responds to the remote hall call registration after responding to, for example, other hall call registrations, and it is possible to effectively use the moving time of the passengers, with the result that it is possible to improve the operation efficiency of the whole group supervisory control system. Because an abandoned operation is performed, it is possible to reduce useless runs from the floor where the last passenger gets out of the car to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, and it is possible to reduce power consumption.
- S 1 Although in S 1 only one parking floor is determined, it is possible to determine a plurality of parking floors. For example, it is possible to adopt a method in which the floors of 1st floor to the 10th floor are divided into a plurality of zones and one parking floor is determined for each zone. As a result of this, it is possible to further improve the operation efficiency of the whole group supervisory control system.
- Embodiment 2 the configuration of the group supervisory control system in Embodiment 2 is the same as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 in Embodiment 1.
- the description will be given using the same symbols as used in Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the processing performed by the group supervisory controller 1 in Embodiment 2. Incidentally, the actions of the group supervisory controller 1 are performed in accordance with a program stored by the control section 10 of the group supervisory controller 1 in the storage section 11 .
- the group supervisory controller 1 beforehand stores the information on the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor which identifies the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor in the storage section 11 .
- the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor is the 1st floor.
- the group supervisory controller 1 beforehand stores moving time values which determine an average value of moving time which is required by each passenger in moving from the remote hall operating panel 5 to an elevator hall in the storage section 11 .
- This moving time value may be a value set during the installation of the group supervisory control system or may be a value periodically calculated by the control section 10 on the basis of the distance between the remote hail operating panel 5 and the elevator hall and an average value of the moving speed of each passenger, and the like.
- the group supervisory controller 1 stores the information on car call registrations, information on hall call registrations, and information on remote hall call registrations, which are received as required from the elevator controller 30 , the hall button 4 , and the remote hall operating panel 5 , respectively, in the storage section 11 as learning data.
- the group supervisory controller 1 periodically finds predicted demand values corresponding to each of the 1st to 10th floors, and stores the found predicted demand values in the storage section 11 .
- the predicted demand value of each floor varies according to a day of the week and time zone.
- the predicted demand value of each floor is calculated on the basis of the probability of the occurrence of a hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a remote hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a car call registration, with that floor serving as the destination floor, and so on.
- a floor having the highest predicted demand value is the entrance floor which is the 1st floor.
- the floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the 1st floor is the restaurant floor which is the 5th floor.
- the group supervisory controller 1 determines a parking floor, and stores the parking floor information which identifies the determined parking floor in the storage section 11 (Step S 21 ).
- the parking floor is set as the 1st floor having the highest predicted demand value.
- this step S 21 is the same as S 1 in Embodiment 1.
- Step S 22 the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor are the same. That is, the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the parking floor is set as the 1st floor which is the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor. Incidentally, this step S 22 is the same as S 2 in Embodiment 1. When it is determined in S 22 that the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor are different, the flow of processing proceeds to S 25 .
- the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not a car 33 is on standby at the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor (Step S 23 ).
- the flow of processing proceeds to S 25 .
- the group supervisory controller 1 corrects the parking floor set as the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, and stores the parking floor information which identifies a parking floor after the correction (hereinafter referred to as the “corrected parking floor”) (Step S 24 ).
- the group supervisory controller 1 temporarily cancels the parking floor, for example, by erasing the parking floor information from the storage section 11 , determines a floor which enables the car 33 to be dispatched to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor within the moving time and is nearest to the floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor as the parking floor, and stores the parking floor information which identifies the determined parking floor.
- the moving time is 20 seconds and it takes 8 seconds to dispatch the car 33 to the next floor. Consequently, floors which enable the car 33 to be dispatched to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor within the moving time are the 2nd floor and the 3rd floor.
- the floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor is the 5th floor as described above. Therefore, in S 24 the 3rd floor is determined as the corrected parking floor.
- the processing shown in FIG. 5 is periodically performed, and the steps S 21 to S 31 may be sequentially carried out or it is also possible to repeatedly carry out each step independently in cycles different from each other.
- the remote hall operating panel 5 may also be installed within the building 6 in multiple numbers, may also be installed outside the building 6 , and may also be installed on floors except the lowest floor. Moreover, the remote hall operating panel 5 is not limited to a security gate and may be composed of, for example, an upward button and a downward button for inputting the information on the destination floor direction. And the security authentication information may include destination floor information, and the information on remote hall call registrations may include destination floor information by providing a ten-key for inputting destination floor information to the remote hall operating panel 5 .
- the parking floor information stored in the storage section 11 in S 21 may be set during the installation of the group supervisory control system.
- Embodiment 2 in the case where the parking floor is set as the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, it is possible to correct the parking floor and determine a floor which enables the car to be dispatched to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor within the moving time and is nearest to the floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor as the parking floor.
- the time during which a passenger who has registered a remote hall call waits in the elevator hall on the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor can be made zero.
- a floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor or a floor close thereto is selected as the parking floor, it is possible to quickly respond to more hall calls and it is possible to reduce power consumption.
- the 3rd floor is selected as the corrected parking floor, whereby the running distance between the corrected parking floor and the 5th floor becomes short compared to the case where the corrected parking floor is the 2nd floor and hence it is possible to quickly respond to hall call registrations occurring from the 5th floor.
- S 21 Although in S 21 only one parking floor is determined, it is possible to determine a plurality of parking floors. For example, it is possible to adopt a method in which the floors of the 1st floor to 10th floor are divided into a plurality of zones and one parking floor is determined for each zone. As a result of this, it is possible to further improve the operation efficiency of the whole group supervisory control system.
- Embodiment 3 the configuration of the group supervisory control system in Embodiment 3 is the same as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 in Embodiment 1.
- the description will be given using the same symbols as used in Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the group supervisory controller 1 in Embodiment 3. Incidentally, the actions of the group supervisory controller 1 are performed in accordance with a program stored by the control section 10 of the group supervisory controller 1 in the storage section 11 .
- the group supervisory controller 1 beforehand stores the information on the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor which identifies the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor in the storage section 11 .
- the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor is the 1st floor.
- the group supervisory control system 1 beforehand stores moving time values which determine an average value of moving time which is required by each passenger in moving from the remote hall operating panel 5 to an elevator hall in the storage section 11 .
- This moving time value may be a value set during the installation of the group supervisory control system or may be a value periodically calculated by the control section 10 on the basis of the distance between the remote hall operating panel 5 and the elevator hall and an average value of the moving speed of each passenger, and the like.
- the group supervisory controller 1 stores the information on car call registrations, information on hall call registrations, and information on remote hall call registrations, which are received as required from the elevator controller 30 , the hall button 4 , and the remote hall operating panel 5 , respectively, in the storage section 11 as learning data.
- the group supervisory controller 1 periodically finds predicted demand values corresponding to each of the 1st to 10th floors, and stores the found predicted demand values in the storage section 11 .
- the predicted demand value of each floor varies according to a day of the week and time zone.
- the predicted demand value of each floor is calculated on the basis of the probability of the occurrence of a hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a remote hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a car call registration, with that floor serving as the destination floor, and so on.
- a floor having the highest predicted demand value is the entrance floor which is the 1st floor.
- the floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the 1st floor is the restaurant floor which is the 5th floor.
- Step S 45 the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not a new remote hall call registration has occurred on the remote hall operating panel 5 (Step S 45 ). That is, the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the group supervisory controller 1 has received the information on a new remote hall call registration from the remote hall operating panel 5 . Incidentally, this Step 45 is the same as S 4 in Embodiment 1. When it is determined in S 45 that a new remote hall call registration has occurred, the flow of processing proceeds to S 52 .
- Step S 46 the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not a new hall call registration has occurred by use of the hall button 4 (Step S 46 ). That is, the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the group supervisory controller 1 has received the information on a new hall call registration from the hall button 4 . Incidentally, this Step 46 is the same as S 5 in Embodiment 1. When it is determined in S 46 that a new hall call registration did not occur, the flow of processing proceeds to S 53 .
- the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the hall-call-registered floor for which this new hall call has been registered are the same (Step S 47 ).
- the flow of processing proceeds to S 52 .
- the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the car 33 is on standby at the parking floor (Step S 48 ).
- the flow of processing proceeds to S 52 .
- Step S 49 it is determined in S 48 that a car 33 is on standby at the parking floor, on the basis of the new hall call registration which occurred in S 46 , the group supervisory controller 1 calculates an evaluation value of each car 33 , and stores the calculated evaluation value in the storage section 11 (Step S 49 ).
- this step S 49 is the same as S 6 in Embodiment 1.
- the group supervisory controller 1 corrects the evaluation value of the car 33 which is on standby at the parking floor, and stores the evaluation value after the correction in the storage section (Step S 50 ). That is, the group supervisory controller 1 sets the evaluation value of the car 33 which is on standby at the parking floor high to a prescribed value and stores the set evaluation value in the storage section 11 . As a result of this, it is difficult to assign the new hall call registration which occurred in S 46 to the car 33 which is on standby at the parking floor.
- prescribed value refers, for example, to an average value of time during which the passengers wait at the elevator hall.
- the group supervisory controller 1 selects a car 33 having the lowest evaluation value, assigns the new hall call registration which occurred in S 46 to the selected car 33 (S 51 ), and thereafter finishes the processing.
- this step S 51 is the same as S 7 in Embodiment 1.
- Step S 52 on the basis of the new remote hall call registration which occurred in S 45 or the new hall call registration which occurred in S 46 , the group supervisory controller 1 calculates an evaluation value of each car 33 , and stores the calculated evaluation value in the storage section 11 (Step S 52 ). Incidentally, this step S 52 is the same as S 6 in Embodiment 1. Thereafter, the flow of processing proceeds to S 51 .
- steps S 53 to S 55 are the same as S 8 to S 10 in Embodiment 1 and the descriptions thereof are omitted.
- the processing shown in FIG. 6 is periodically performed, and the steps S 41 to S 55 may be sequentially carried out or it is also possible to carry out each step independently.
- the remote hall operating panel 5 may also be installed within the building 6 in multiple numbers, may also be installed outside the building 6 , and may also be installed on floors except the lowest floor. Moreover, the remote hall operating panel 5 is not limited to a security gate and may be composed of, for example, an upward button and a downward button for inputting the information on the destination floor direction. And the security authentication information may include destination floor information, and the information on remote hall calls registration may include destination floor information by providing a ten-key for inputting destination floor information to the remote hall operating panel 5 .
- the parking floor information stored in the storage section 11 in S 41 may be set during the installation of the group supervisory control system.
- Embodiment 3 in addition to the effect of Embodiment 2, it is possible to limit assigning a hall call registration occurring from a floor except the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor to a car which is on standby at the parking floor set as a floor except the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor. As a result of this, it is possible to substantially preferentially assign a remote hall call registration and a hall call registration which occur from the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor to a car which is on standby at the parking floor.
- the parking floor is set as the 3rd floor
- assigning a hall call registration occurring from the 2nd floor to the 10th floor, which are floors except the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, to a car on standby at the parking floor is limited.
- a remote hall call registration and a hall call registration which occur from the 1st floor, which is the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor are substantially preferentially assigned to a car which is on standby at the parking floor.
- S 41 Although in S 41 only one parking floor is determined, it is possible to determine a plurality of parking floors. For example, it is possible to adopt a method in which the floors of the 1st floor to 10th floor are divided into a plurality of zones and one parking floor is determined for each zone. As a result of this, it is possible to further improve the operation efficiency of the whole group supervisory control system.
- Embodiment 4 the configuration of the group supervisory control system in Embodiment 4 is the same as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 in Embodiment 1.
- the description will be given using the same symbols as used in Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the group supervisory controller 1 in Embodiment 4. Incidentally, the actions of the group supervisory controller 1 are performed in accordance with a program stored by the control section 10 of the group supervisory controller 1 in the storage section 11 .
- the group supervisory controller 1 beforehand stores the information on the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor which identifies the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor in the storage section 11 .
- the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor is the 1st floor.
- the group supervisory control system 1 beforehand stores moving time values which determine an average value of moving time which is required by each passenger in moving from the remote hall operating panel 5 to an elevator hall in the storage section 11 .
- This moving time value may be a value set during the installation of the group supervisory control system or may be a value periodically calculated by the control section 10 on the basis of the distance between the remote hall operating panel 5 and the elevator hall and the average moving speed of each passenger, and the like.
- the group supervisory controller 1 stores the information on car call registrations, information on hall call registrations, and information on remote hall call registrations, which are received as required from the elevator controller 30 , the hall button 4 , and the remote hall operating panel 5 , respectively, in the storage section 11 as learning data.
- the group supervisory controller 1 periodically finds predicted demand values corresponding to each of the 1st to 10th floors, and stores the found predicted demand values in the storage section 11 .
- the predicted demand value of each floor varies according to a day of the week and time zone.
- the predicted demand value of each floor is calculated on the basis of the probability of the occurrence of a hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a remote hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a car call registration, with that floor serving as the destination floor, and so on.
- a floor having the highest predicted demand value is the entrance floor which is the 1st floor.
- the floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the 1st floor is the restaurant floor which is the 5th floor.
- the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the hall-call-registered floor of the new hall call registration which occurred in S 66 is situated between the remote hall operating panel and the parking floor (Step S 69 ).
- the flow of processing proceeds to S 73 .
- the processing shown in FIG. 7 is periodically performed, and the steps S 61 to S 76 may be sequentially carried out or it is also possible to carry out each step independently.
- the remote hall operating panel 5 may also be installed within the building 6 in multiple numbers, may also be installed outside the building 6 , and may also be installed on floors except the lowest floor. Moreover, the remote hall operating panel 5 is not limited to a security gate and may be composed of, for example, an upward button and a downward button for inputting the information on the destination floor direction. And the security authentication information may include destination floor information, and the information on remote hall call registrations may include destination floor information by providing a ten-key for inputting destination floor information to the remote hall operating panel 5 .
- the parking floor information stored in the storage section 11 in S 61 may be set during the installation of the group supervisory control system.
- Embodiment 4 it is possible to limit assigning a hall call registration occurring from a floor not situated between the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor to a car on standby at the parking floor set as a floor except the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor. As a result of this, it is possible to prevent the car on standby at the parking floor from running in the direction in which the car moves away from the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, and from being dispatched to the hall-call-registered floor.
- a remote hall call registration and a hall call registration occurring from the 1st floor, which is the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, to a hall-call-registered floor as well as a hall call registration occurring from the 2nd floor and the 3rd floor are substantially preferentially assigned to a car on standby at the parking floor.
- S 61 Although in S 61 only one parking floor is determined, it is possible to determine a plurality of parking floors. For example, it is possible to adopt a method in which the floors of the 1st floor to 10th floor are divided into a plurality of zones and one parking floor is determined for each zone. As a result of this, it is possible to further improve the operation efficiency of the whole group supervisory control system.
- Embodiment 5 the configuration of the group supervisory control system in Embodiment 5 is the same as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 in Embodiment 1.
- the description will be given using the same symbols as used in Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the group supervisory controller 1 in Embodiment 5. Incidentally, the actions of the group supervisory controller 1 are performed in accordance with a program stored by the control section 10 of the group supervisory controller 1 in the storage section 11 .
- the group supervisory controller 1 beforehand stores the information on the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor which identifies the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor in the storage section 11 .
- the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor is the 1st floor.
- the group supervisory controller 1 beforehand stores moving time values which determine an average value of moving time which is required by each passenger in moving from the remote hall operating panel 5 to an elevator hall in the storage section 11 .
- This moving time value may be a value set during the installation of the group supervisory control system or may be a value periodically calculated by the control section 10 on the basis of the distance between the remote hall operating panel 5 and the elevator hall and the average moving speed of each passenger, and the like.
- the group supervisory controller 1 stores the information on car call registrations, information on hall call registrations, and information on remote hall call registrations, which are received as required from the elevator controller 30 , the hall button 4 , and the remote hall operating panel 5 , respectively, in the storage section 11 as learning data.
- the group supervisory controller 1 periodically finds predicted demand values corresponding to each of the 1st to 10th floors, and stores the found predicted demand values in the storage section 11 .
- the predicted demand value of each floor varies according to a day of the week and time zone.
- the predicted demand value of each floor is calculated on the basis of the probability of the occurrence of a hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a remote hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a car call registration, with that floor serving as the destination floor, and so on.
- a floor having the highest predicted demand value is the entrance floor which is the 1st floor.
- the floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the 1st floor is the restaurant floor which is the 5th floor.
- the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the hall-call-registered floor of the new hall call registration which occurred in S 86 is situated between the remote hall operating panel and the parking floor (Step S 89 ).
- this step S 89 is the same as S 69 in Embodiment 4.
- the flow of processing proceeds to S 93 .
- the group supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the destination floor direction of the new hall call registration which occurred in S 86 is the direction in which the car moves closer to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor as viewed from the parking floor (Step S 93 ).
- the flow of processing proceeds to S 94 .
- the processing shown in FIG. 8 is periodically performed, and the steps S 81 to S 97 may be sequentially carried out or it is also possible to carry out each step independently.
- the remote hall operating panel 5 may also be installed within the building 6 in multiple numbers, may also be installed outside the building 6 , and may also be installed on floors except the lowest floor. Moreover, the remote hall operating panel 5 is not limited to a security gate and may be composed of, for example, an upward button and a downward button for inputting the information on the destination floor direction. And the security authentication information may include destination floor information, and the information on remote hall call registrations may include destination floor information by providing a ten-key for inputting destination floor information to the remote hall operating panel 5 .
- the parking floor information stored in the storage section 11 in S 81 may be set during the installation of the group supervisory control system.
- Embodiment 5 it is possible to limit assigning a hall call registration occurring from floors except the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and a hall call registration which occurs from a floor situated between the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor and in which the destination floor direction is the direction in which the car moves away from the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor to a car on standby at the parking floor set as a floor except the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor.
- the parking floor is set as the 3rd floor
- limited is assigning a hall call registration occurring from the 4th floor to the 10th floor, which are floors not situated between the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor, as well as an upward hall call registration which occurs from the 2nd to and the 3rd floor situated between the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor and in which the destination floor direction is the direction in which the car moves away from the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor to a car on standby at the parking floor.
- a remote hall call registration or a hall call registration occurring from the 1st floor, which is the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, to a hall-call-registered floor as well as a downward hall call registration occurring from the 2nd floor and the 3rd floor are substantially preferentially assigned to a car on standby at the parking floor.
- S 81 Although in S 81 only one parking floor is determined, it is possible to determine a plurality of parking floors. For example, it is possible to adopt a method in which the floors of the 1st floor to 10th floor are divided into a plurality of zones and one parking floor is determined for each zone. As a result of this, it is possible to further improve the operation efficiency of the whole group supervisory control system.
- the hall button 4 corresponds to the hall call means
- the remote hall operating panel 5 corresponds to the remote hall call means.
- the step S 1 of FIG. 4 corresponds to the parking floor determination means and the parking floor determination step
- the step S 3 of FIG. 4 corresponds to the parking floor cancel means and the parking floor cancel step.
- the step S 24 of FIG. 5 corresponds to the parking floor correction means and the parking floor correction step.
- the steps S 48 to S 52 of FIG. 6 , the steps S 68 to S 73 of FIG. 7 , and the steps S 88 to S 94 of FIG. 8 correspond to the car assignment limiting means and the parking floor limiting step.
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- The present invention relates to an elevator group supervisory control system having a remote hall operating panel and an elevator group supervisory control method.
- There is a conventional elevator group supervisory control method which involves predicting a high-demand floor on the basis of learning data on the occurrence rate of elevator hall calls for each floor, determining a parking floor on the basis of the prediction result, and causing an empty car to be on standby at the parking floor (for example, Patent Literature 1).
- Furthermore, for example,
Patent Literature 2 discloses an elevator group supervisory control system having a remote hall operating panel installed in a place away from an elevator hall. InPatent Literature 2, the total of the non-response time which elapses from the occurrence of call registration in the remote hall operating panel until the arrival of a car at the floor on which the remote hall operating panel (hereinafter referred to as the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor) is installed and the door-open time during which the car is on standby at the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor is made equal to the moving time during which passengers move from the remote hall operating panel to the elevator hall. -
- Patent Literature 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 60-209475 (for example,
page 2 upper right column, FIG. 17, FIG. 18) - Patent Literature 2: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-220177 (for example, paragraphs 0019 to 0020)
- However, in an elevator group supervisory control system in which a car is caused to be on standby on a parking floor as in
Patent Literature 1, for example, in the case where the parking floor is set as a remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, if as inPatent Literature 2 the total of non-response time and door-open time is regarded as the moving time, then the non-response time of a car on standby at the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor is zero and hence door-open time and moving time become equal. Then during the movement of the passengers from the remote hall operating panel to the elevator hall, this car is only on standby waiting for door opening and cannot respond to car call registration occurring from other floors, posing the problem that the operation efficiency of the elevator worsens. And, during the movement of the passengers from the remote hall operating panel to the elevator hall, it is not unnecessary for a car to be on standby at the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and hence it is useless for a car to be on standby during the moving time. However, the car which has becomes an empty car is dispatched to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, which is a parking floor, posing the problem that power consumption increases due to a useless run from the floor at which the last passenger has got out of the car to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor. - An elevator group supervisory control system of the present invention includes hall call means which is provided in an elevator hall and performs registration of a hall call, remote hall call means which is provided in a place away from the elevator hall and performs registration of a hall call, parking floor determination means which determines a first parking floor intended for causing an empty car to be on standby and parking floor cancel means which cancels the first parking floor when the first parking floor determined by the parking floor determination means and remote-hall-call-means-installed floor on which the remote hall call means is provided are the same.
- An elevator group supervisory control method of the present invention includes a parking floor determination step for determining a first parking floor intended for causing an empty car to be on standby and a parking floor cancel step for canceling the first parking floor when the first parking floor determined in the parking floor determination step and a remote-hall-call-means-installed floor which is provided in a place away from an elevator hall and is provided with remote hall call means which performs the registration of a hall call are the same.
- According to the present invention, because a parking floor is prevented from being set as a remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, it is possible to improve the operation efficiency of the elevators and it is possible to reduce useless runs.
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FIG. 1 is a general block diagram showing a group supervisory control system inEmbodiment 1. -
FIG. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of a remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor of the building where the group supervisory control system inEmbodiment 1 is provided. -
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the building where group supervisory control system inEmbodiment 1 is provided. -
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the groupsupervisory controller 1 inEmbodiment 1. -
FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the processing performed by the groupsupervisory controller 1 inEmbodiment 2. -
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the groupsupervisory controller 1 inEmbodiment 3. -
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the groupsupervisory controller 1 inEmbodiment 4. -
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the groupsupervisory controller 1 inEmbodiment 5. -
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- 1 group supervisory controller,
- 3 elevator,
- 4 hall button,
- 5 remote hall operating panel,
- 6 building,
- 10 control section.
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FIGS. 1 to 4 ,Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described. - First, referring to
FIGS. 1 to 3 , the configuration of a group supervisory control system in Embodiment I will be described.FIG. 1 is a general block diagram showing a group supervisory control system inEmbodiment 1.FIG. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of a remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor of the building where the group supervisory control system inEmbodiment 1 is provided.FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the building where group supervisory control system inEmbodiment 1 is provided. - As shown in
FIGS. 2 and 3 , thebuilding 6 is a 10-storied building composed of the 1st floor to the 10th floor. The 1st floor is an entrance floor where there is an entrance to the building, the 2nd to 4th floors are department floors where stores line up, the 5th floor is a restaurant floor where restaurant line up, and the 9th and 10th floors are office floors. Within thebuilding 6, theelevator 3 of fourelevators 3 a to 3 d, ahall button 4 composed of 10units 4 a to 4 j, each being provided in the elevator hall of each floor, a remotehall operating panel 5 which is provided in a place away from the elevator hall of the first floor, and a groupsupervisory controller 1, which are connected to abus 2. Here, “elevator” in theelevator 3 above refers to one elevator by the car. - Next, the configuration of the
elevator 3 will be described. Acar 33 and aweight 34 are lifted and lowered by atraction machine 32, and thetraction machine 32 is drive-controlled by adrive control circuit 31. Anelevator controller 30 is connected to abus 2, and controls thedrive control circuit 31 on the basis of a control command received from a groupsupervisory controller 1 via thebus 2. Theelevator controller 30 and thedrive control circuit 31 are housed in a control panel (not shown) of theelevator 3. Furthermore, within thecar 33, acar operating panel 35 by use of which a passenger registers a car call by inputting destination floor information. Here, “car call” is a command issued to theelevator controller 30 to the effect that thecar 33 is caused to be dispatched to the destination floor on the basis of the destination floor information inputted by use of thecar operating panel 35. Incidentally, upon input of the destination floor information by thecar operating panel 35 theelevator controller 30 transmits car call registration information based on this destination floor information to the groupsupervisory controller 1. - Next, the
hall button 4 has an upward button and a downward button in order that the passenger registers a hall call by inputting the information on the destination floor direction. However, thehall button 4 provided on the 1st floor which is the lowest floor has only an upward button, and thehall button 4 provided on the 10th floor which is the highest floor has only a downward button. Here, “hall call” refers to a command issued to the groupsupervisory controller 1 on the basis of the information on the destination floor direction inputted by use of thehall button 4 to the effect that thecar 33 is caused to be dispatched to the floor where thehall button 4 by use of which this information on the destination floor direction has been inputted is provided (hereinafter referred to as the “hall-call-registered floor”), and that after the passengers get on of the car, thecar 33 is caused to run from the hall-call-registered floor in the destination floor direction. Furthermore, “destination floor direction” refers to the direction from a hall-call-registered floor to a destination floor. Incidentally, upon input of the information on the destination floor direction, thehall button 4 transmits this information on the destination floor direction to the groupsupervisory controller 1. - Next, as shown in
FIG. 2 , the remotehall operating panel 5 is provided in the vicinity of theentrance 7 of the first floor of thebuilding 6 and is formed from a security gate by use of which the passenger inputs security authentication information by holding his or her ID card thereto or performing fingerprint authentication. On the basis of the inputted security recognition information the remotehall operating panel 5 makes a determination as to whether or not the passenger should be allowed to enter thebuilding 6, and in the case where entering the building is permitted, the remotehall operating panel 5 performs a remote hall registration and transmits the information on the remote hall call registration to the groupsupervisory controller 1. Here, “remote hall call” is a command issued to the groupsupervisory controller 1 to the effect that thecar 33 is caused to be dispatched to the 1st floor where the remotehall operating panel 5 is provided (hereinafter referred to as the “remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor”), and that after the passengers get on of the car, thecar 33 is caused to run from the 1st floor upward. - Next, the configuration of the group
supervisory controller 1 will be described. The groupsupervisory controller 1 is provided, for example, within the control panel of a machine room, and performs the group supervisory control of theelevators 3 a to 3 d on the basis of the information on hall call registrations, the information on car call registrations, the information on remote hall call registrations and the like. The groupsupervisory controller 1 has astorage section 11 which stores a program and the information and the like used in the execution of this program, and acontrol section 10, such as a central processing unit which executes the program stored in thestorage section 11, which are connected to abus 13. And thisbus 13 is connected to thebus 2 via an I/F section 12. - Next, referring to
FIG. 4 , a description will be given of the actions of the group supervisory controller inEmbodiment 1.FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the groupsupervisory controller 1 inEmbodiment 1. Incidentally, the actions of the groupsupervisory controller 1 are performed in accordance with a program stored by thecontrol section 10 of the groupsupervisory controller 1 in thestorage section 11. - First, the group
supervisory controller 1 beforehand stores the information on the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor which identifies the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor in thestorage section 11. In this embodiment, the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor is the 1st floor. - And the group
supervisory controller 1 stores the information on car call registrations, information on hall call registrations, and information on remote hall call registrations, which are received as required from theelevator controller 30, thehall button 4, and the remotehall operating panel 5, respectively, in thestorage section 11 as learning data. - Next, on the basis of the learning data stored in the
storage section 11 the groupsupervisory controller 1 periodically finds predicted demand values corresponding to each of the 1st to 10th floors, and stores the found predicted demand values in thestorage section 11. The predicted demand value of each floor varies according to a day of the week and time zone. In addition, the predicted demand value of each floor is calculated on the basis of the probability of the occurrence of a hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a remote hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a car call registration with that floor serving as the destination floor, and so on. And when a floor has a high predicted demand value, this means that a large traffic volume is predicted for the floor. In thebuilding 6, the floor having the highest predicted demand value is the entrance floor which is the 1st floor. The floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the 1st floor is the restaurant floor which is the 5th floor. - Next, on the basis of the predicted demand value of each floor stored in the
storage section 11, the groupsupervisory controller 1 determines a parking floor, and stores the parking floor information which identifies the determined parking floor in the storage section 11 (Step S1). Here, “parking floor” is a floor at which acar 33 to which a hall call registration or a remote hall call registration has not been assigned and on which there is no passenger, i.e., an empty car is caused to be on standby until a hall call registration or a remote hall call registration is assigned. For example, a floor having the highest predicted demand value may sometimes be selected as a parking floor, and a floor intermediate between floors having two high predicted demand values may sometimes be selected as a parking floor. By setting a parking floor as a floor having a high predicted demand value or in the vicinity thereof, it is possible to quickly respond to many hall call registrations or remote hall call registrations and hence it is possible to shorten the time during which the passengers in the elevator hall of each floor wait as a whole. That is, it is possible to improve the operation efficiency of the whole group supervisory control system. Incidentally, as indicated by the dotted line ofFIG. 3 , within thebuilding 6, in this step S1 the parking floor is set as the 1st floor having the highest predicted demand value. - Next, on the basis of the information on the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and parking floor information stored in the
storage section 11, the groupsupervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor are the same (Step S2). That is, the groupsupervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the parking floor is set as the 1st floor which is the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor. When it is determined in S2 that the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor are different, the flow of processing proceeds to S4. - On the other hand, when it is determined in S2 that the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor are the same, next, the group
supervisory controller 1 cancels the parking floor (Step S3). That is, inFIG. 3 , the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor are both the 1st floor and hence the groupsupervisory controller 1 cancels the parking floor, for example, by erasing the parking floor information from thestorage section 11. As a result of this, the parking floor does not exist anymore. - Next, the group
supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not a new remote hall call registration has occurred on the remote hall operating panel 5 (Step S4). That is, the groupsupervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the groupsupervisory controller 1 has received the information on a new remote hall call registration from the remotehall operating panel 5. When it is determined in S4 that a new remote hall call registration has occurred, the flow of processing proceeds to S6. - On the other hand, when it is determined in S4 that a new remote hall call registration did not occur, next, the group
supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not a new hall call registration has occurred by use of the hall button 4 (Step S5). That is, the groupsupervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the groupsupervisory controller 1 has received the information on a new hall call registration from thehall button 4. When it is determined in S5 that a new hall call registration has occurred, the flow of processing proceeds to S6. - Next, in S6, on the basis of the new remote hall call registration which occurred in S4 or the new hall call registration which occurred in S5, the group
supervisory controller 1 calculates an evaluation value of eachcar 33 and stores the calculated evaluation value of eachcar 33 in the storage section 11 (Step S6). Here, the “evaluation value” of eachcar 33 refers to a value calculated on the basis of the waiting time of passengers in each elevator hall expected when a new remote hall call registration or a hall call registration to thecar 33 is assigned to thecar 33, the total weight of the passengers present in thecar 33, and the like. And when acar 33 has a high evaluation value, this means that it is difficult to assign a new remote hall call registration or a new hall call registration to thiscar 33. - Next, on the basis of the evaluation value of each
car 33 stored in thestorage section 11, the groupsupervisory controller 1 selects acar 33 having the lowest evaluation value, assigns the new remote hall call registration which has occurred in S4 or the hall call registration which has occurred in S5 to the selected car 33 (Step S7), and thereafter finishes the processing. - On the other hand, when it is determined in S5 that a new hall call registration did not occur, next, the group
supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not acar 33 to which a hall call registration or a remote hall call registration has not been assigned and on which there is no passenger exists, that is, an empty car exists (Step S8). When it is determined in S8 that an empty car does not exist, the processing is finished as it is. - On the other hand, when it is determined in S8 that an empty car exists, next, the group
supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not thecar 33 which is an empty car is caused to be capable of being on standby at the parking floor (Step S9). Here, in the case where the parking floor was canceled in S3 and in the case where anothercar 33 is already on standby at the parking floor, it is impossible to cause thiscar 33 to be on standby at the parking floor. When it is determined in S9 that it is possible to cause the above-describedcar 33 to be capable of being on standby at the parking floor, next, the groupsupervisory controller 1 dispatches thiscar 33 to the parking floor (Step S10) and thereafter finishes the processing. - On the other hand, when in S9 it is impossible to cause the
car 33 which is an empty car to be on standby at the parking floor, in order to cause thiscar 33 to perform an abandoned operation, at the stage where the last passenger gets out of the car, the processing is finished, with thiscar 3 kept on standby at the floor where the last passenger gets out of the car. Here, “abandoned operation” refers to an operation which involves causing thecar 33 to which a hall call registration or a remote hall call registration has not been assigned and on which there is no passenger to be on standby at the floor where the last passenger gets out of the car until a hall call registration or a remote hall call registration is assigned. A plurality ofcars 33 are prevented from being on standby at the parking floor like this, whereby it is impossible to cause thecars 33 to be on standby in a distributed manner with good efficiency. - Incidentally, the processing shown in
FIG. 4 is periodically performed, and the steps S1 to S10 may be sequentially carried out or it is also possible to repeatedly carry out each step independently in cycles different from each other. - The remote
hall operating panel 5 may also be installed within thebuilding 6 in multiple numbers, may also be installed outside thebuilding 6, and may also be installed on floors except the lowest floor. Moreover, the remotehall operating panel 5 is not limited to a security gate and may be composed of, for example, an upward button and a downward button for inputting the information on the destination floor direction. And the security authentication information may include destination floor information, and the information on remote hall call registrations may include destination floor information by providing a ten-key for inputting destination floor information to the remotehall operating panel 5. - The parking floor information stored in the
storage section 11 in S1 may be set during the installation of the group supervisory control system. - According to
Embodiment 1, in the case where the parking floor is set as the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, it is possible to cancel the parking floor. As a result of this, during the movement of the passengers from the remote hall operating panel to an elevator hall, it is possible to prevent a car from being on standby at the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor. Consequently, the car to which a remote hall call registration has been assigned responds to the remote hall call registration after responding to, for example, other hall call registrations, and it is possible to effectively use the moving time of the passengers, with the result that it is possible to improve the operation efficiency of the whole group supervisory control system. Because an abandoned operation is performed, it is possible to reduce useless runs from the floor where the last passenger gets out of the car to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, and it is possible to reduce power consumption. - Although in S1 only one parking floor is determined, it is possible to determine a plurality of parking floors. For example, it is possible to adopt a method in which the floors of 1st floor to the 10th floor are divided into a plurality of zones and one parking floor is determined for each zone. As a result of this, it is possible to further improve the operation efficiency of the whole group supervisory control system.
- Referring to
FIG. 5 ,Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described. - First, the configuration of the group supervisory control system in
Embodiment 2 is the same as shown inFIGS. 1 to 3 inEmbodiment 1. Hereinafter the description will be given using the same symbols as used inEmbodiment 1. - Next, referring to
FIG. 5 , a description will be given of the actions of the group supervisory controller inEmbodiment 2.FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the processing performed by the groupsupervisory controller 1 inEmbodiment 2. Incidentally, the actions of the groupsupervisory controller 1 are performed in accordance with a program stored by thecontrol section 10 of the groupsupervisory controller 1 in thestorage section 11. - First, as with
Embodiment 1, the groupsupervisory controller 1 beforehand stores the information on the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor which identifies the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor in thestorage section 11. In this embodiment, the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor is the 1st floor. - And the group
supervisory controller 1 beforehand stores moving time values which determine an average value of moving time which is required by each passenger in moving from the remotehall operating panel 5 to an elevator hall in thestorage section 11. This moving time value may be a value set during the installation of the group supervisory control system or may be a value periodically calculated by thecontrol section 10 on the basis of the distance between the remotehail operating panel 5 and the elevator hall and an average value of the moving speed of each passenger, and the like. - And as with
Embodiment 1, the groupsupervisory controller 1 stores the information on car call registrations, information on hall call registrations, and information on remote hall call registrations, which are received as required from theelevator controller 30, thehall button 4, and the remotehall operating panel 5, respectively, in thestorage section 11 as learning data. - Next, as with
Embodiment 1, on the basis of the learning data stored in thestorage section 11 the groupsupervisory controller 1 periodically finds predicted demand values corresponding to each of the 1st to 10th floors, and stores the found predicted demand values in thestorage section 11. The predicted demand value of each floor varies according to a day of the week and time zone. In addition, the predicted demand value of each floor is calculated on the basis of the probability of the occurrence of a hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a remote hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a car call registration, with that floor serving as the destination floor, and so on. And when a floor has a high predicted demand value, this means that a large traffic volume is predicted for the floor. In thebuilding 6, the floor having the highest predicted demand value is the entrance floor which is the 1st floor. The floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the 1st floor is the restaurant floor which is the 5th floor. - Next, on the basis of the predicted demand value of each floor stored in the
storage section 11, the groupsupervisory controller 1 determines a parking floor, and stores the parking floor information which identifies the determined parking floor in the storage section 11 (Step S21). In thisbuilding 6, the parking floor is set as the 1st floor having the highest predicted demand value. Incidentally, this step S21 is the same as S1 inEmbodiment 1. - Next, on the basis of the information on the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and parking floor information stored in the
storage section 11, the groupsupervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor are the same (Step S22). That is, the groupsupervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the parking floor is set as the 1st floor which is the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor. Incidentally, this step S22 is the same as S2 inEmbodiment 1. When it is determined in S22 that the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor are different, the flow of processing proceeds to S25. - On the other hand, when it is determined in S22 that the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor are the same, next, the group
supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not acar 33 is on standby at the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor (Step S23). When it is determined in S23 that thecar 33 is on standby at the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, the flow of processing proceeds to S25. - On the other hand, when it is determined in S23 that the
car 33 is not on standby at the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, next, on the basis of the moving time value and predicted demand value of each floor stored in thestorage section 11, the groupsupervisory controller 1 corrects the parking floor set as the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, and stores the parking floor information which identifies a parking floor after the correction (hereinafter referred to as the “corrected parking floor”) (Step S24). That is, the groupsupervisory controller 1 temporarily cancels the parking floor, for example, by erasing the parking floor information from thestorage section 11, determines a floor which enables thecar 33 to be dispatched to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor within the moving time and is nearest to the floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor as the parking floor, and stores the parking floor information which identifies the determined parking floor. - For example, in the
building 6, the moving time is 20 seconds and it takes 8 seconds to dispatch thecar 33 to the next floor. Consequently, floors which enable thecar 33 to be dispatched to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor within the moving time are the 2nd floor and the 3rd floor. The floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor is the 5th floor as described above. Therefore, in S24 the 3rd floor is determined as the corrected parking floor. - Incidentally, in the case where in S23 the
car 33 is already on standby at the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, it is ensured that the time is not taken to correct the parking floor, whereby useless power consumption is prevented. - Next, the steps S25 to S31 are the same as S4 to S10, respectively, in
Embodiment 1 and the descriptions thereof are omitted. - Incidentally, the processing shown in
FIG. 5 is periodically performed, and the steps S21 to S31 may be sequentially carried out or it is also possible to repeatedly carry out each step independently in cycles different from each other. - The remote
hall operating panel 5 may also be installed within thebuilding 6 in multiple numbers, may also be installed outside thebuilding 6, and may also be installed on floors except the lowest floor. Moreover, the remotehall operating panel 5 is not limited to a security gate and may be composed of, for example, an upward button and a downward button for inputting the information on the destination floor direction. And the security authentication information may include destination floor information, and the information on remote hall call registrations may include destination floor information by providing a ten-key for inputting destination floor information to the remotehall operating panel 5. - The parking floor information stored in the
storage section 11 in S21 may be set during the installation of the group supervisory control system. - According to
Embodiment 2, in the case where the parking floor is set as the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, it is possible to correct the parking floor and determine a floor which enables the car to be dispatched to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor within the moving time and is nearest to the floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor as the parking floor. As a result of this, in addition to the effect ofEmbodiment 1, the time during which a passenger who has registered a remote hall call waits in the elevator hall on the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor can be made zero. In addition, because a floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor or a floor close thereto is selected as the parking floor, it is possible to quickly respond to more hall calls and it is possible to reduce power consumption. - For example, in S24 the 3rd floor is selected as the corrected parking floor, whereby the running distance between the corrected parking floor and the 5th floor becomes short compared to the case where the corrected parking floor is the 2nd floor and hence it is possible to quickly respond to hall call registrations occurring from the 5th floor.
- Although in S21 only one parking floor is determined, it is possible to determine a plurality of parking floors. For example, it is possible to adopt a method in which the floors of the 1st floor to 10th floor are divided into a plurality of zones and one parking floor is determined for each zone. As a result of this, it is possible to further improve the operation efficiency of the whole group supervisory control system.
- Referring to
FIG. 6 ,Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described. - First, the configuration of the group supervisory control system in
Embodiment 3 is the same as shown inFIGS. 1 to 3 inEmbodiment 1. Hereinafter the description will be given using the same symbols as used inEmbodiment 1. - Next, referring to
FIG. 6 , a description will be given of the actions of the group supervisory controller inEmbodiment 3.FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the groupsupervisory controller 1 inEmbodiment 3. Incidentally, the actions of the groupsupervisory controller 1 are performed in accordance with a program stored by thecontrol section 10 of the groupsupervisory controller 1 in thestorage section 11. - First, as with
Embodiment 1, the groupsupervisory controller 1 beforehand stores the information on the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor which identifies the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor in thestorage section 11. In this embodiment, the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor is the 1st floor. - And as with
Embodiment 2, the groupsupervisory control system 1 beforehand stores moving time values which determine an average value of moving time which is required by each passenger in moving from the remotehall operating panel 5 to an elevator hall in thestorage section 11. This moving time value may be a value set during the installation of the group supervisory control system or may be a value periodically calculated by thecontrol section 10 on the basis of the distance between the remotehall operating panel 5 and the elevator hall and an average value of the moving speed of each passenger, and the like. - And as with
Embodiment 1, the groupsupervisory controller 1 stores the information on car call registrations, information on hall call registrations, and information on remote hall call registrations, which are received as required from theelevator controller 30, thehall button 4, and the remotehall operating panel 5, respectively, in thestorage section 11 as learning data. - Next, as with
Embodiment 1, on the basis of the learning data stored in thestorage section 11 the groupsupervisory controller 1 periodically finds predicted demand values corresponding to each of the 1st to 10th floors, and stores the found predicted demand values in thestorage section 11. The predicted demand value of each floor varies according to a day of the week and time zone. In addition, the predicted demand value of each floor is calculated on the basis of the probability of the occurrence of a hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a remote hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a car call registration, with that floor serving as the destination floor, and so on. And when a floor has a high predicted demand value, this means that a large traffic volume is predicted for the floor. In thebuilding 6, the floor having the highest predicted demand value is the entrance floor which is the 1st floor. The floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the 1st floor is the restaurant floor which is the 5th floor. - Next, the steps S41 to S44 are the same as S21 to S24, respectively, in
Embodiment 2 and the descriptions thereof are omitted. - Next, the group
supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not a new remote hall call registration has occurred on the remote hall operating panel 5 (Step S45). That is, the groupsupervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the groupsupervisory controller 1 has received the information on a new remote hall call registration from the remotehall operating panel 5. Incidentally, thisStep 45 is the same as S4 inEmbodiment 1. When it is determined in S45 that a new remote hall call registration has occurred, the flow of processing proceeds to S52. - On the other hand, when it is determined in S45 that a new remote hall call registration did not occur, next, the group
supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not a new hall call registration has occurred by use of the hall button 4 (Step S46). That is, the groupsupervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the groupsupervisory controller 1 has received the information on a new hall call registration from thehall button 4. Incidentally, thisStep 46 is the same as S5 inEmbodiment 1. When it is determined in S46 that a new hall call registration did not occur, the flow of processing proceeds to S53. - On the other hand, when it is determined in S46 that a new remote hall call registration has occurred, on the basis of the information on the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor stored in the
storage section 11, the groupsupervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the hall-call-registered floor for which this new hall call has been registered are the same (Step S47). When it is determined in S47 that the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the hall-call-registered floor are the same, the flow of processing proceeds to S52. - On the other hand, when it is determined in S47 that the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the hall-call-registered floor are different, next, on the basis of the parking floor information stored in the
storage section 11, the groupsupervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not thecar 33 is on standby at the parking floor (Step S48). When it is determined in S48 that nocar 33 is on standby at the parking floor, the flow of processing proceeds to S52. - On the other hand, it is determined in S48 that a
car 33 is on standby at the parking floor, on the basis of the new hall call registration which occurred in S46, the groupsupervisory controller 1 calculates an evaluation value of eachcar 33, and stores the calculated evaluation value in the storage section 11 (Step S49). Incidentally, this step S49 is the same as S6 inEmbodiment 1. - Next, the group
supervisory controller 1 corrects the evaluation value of thecar 33 which is on standby at the parking floor, and stores the evaluation value after the correction in the storage section (Step S50). That is, the groupsupervisory controller 1 sets the evaluation value of thecar 33 which is on standby at the parking floor high to a prescribed value and stores the set evaluation value in thestorage section 11. As a result of this, it is difficult to assign the new hall call registration which occurred in S46 to thecar 33 which is on standby at the parking floor. Here “prescribed value” refers, for example, to an average value of time during which the passengers wait at the elevator hall. - Next, on the basis of the evaluation value of each
car 33 stored in thestorage section 11, the groupsupervisory controller 1 selects acar 33 having the lowest evaluation value, assigns the new hall call registration which occurred in S46 to the selected car 33 (S51), and thereafter finishes the processing. Incidentally, this step S51 is the same as S7 inEmbodiment 1. - On the other hand, in S52, on the basis of the new remote hall call registration which occurred in S45 or the new hall call registration which occurred in S46, the group
supervisory controller 1 calculates an evaluation value of eachcar 33, and stores the calculated evaluation value in the storage section 11 (Step S52). Incidentally, this step S52 is the same as S6 inEmbodiment 1. Thereafter, the flow of processing proceeds to S51. - On the other hand, the steps S53 to S55 are the same as S8 to S10 in
Embodiment 1 and the descriptions thereof are omitted. - Incidentally, the processing shown in
FIG. 6 is periodically performed, and the steps S41 to S55 may be sequentially carried out or it is also possible to carry out each step independently. - The remote
hall operating panel 5 may also be installed within thebuilding 6 in multiple numbers, may also be installed outside thebuilding 6, and may also be installed on floors except the lowest floor. Moreover, the remotehall operating panel 5 is not limited to a security gate and may be composed of, for example, an upward button and a downward button for inputting the information on the destination floor direction. And the security authentication information may include destination floor information, and the information on remote hall calls registration may include destination floor information by providing a ten-key for inputting destination floor information to the remotehall operating panel 5. - The parking floor information stored in the
storage section 11 in S41 may be set during the installation of the group supervisory control system. - According to
Embodiment 3, in addition to the effect ofEmbodiment 2, it is possible to limit assigning a hall call registration occurring from a floor except the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor to a car which is on standby at the parking floor set as a floor except the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor. As a result of this, it is possible to substantially preferentially assign a remote hall call registration and a hall call registration which occur from the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor to a car which is on standby at the parking floor. - For example, in the case where the parking floor is set as the 3rd floor, assigning a hall call registration occurring from the 2nd floor to the 10th floor, which are floors except the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, to a car on standby at the parking floor, is limited. As a result of this, a remote hall call registration and a hall call registration which occur from the 1st floor, which is the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, are substantially preferentially assigned to a car which is on standby at the parking floor.
- Although in S41 only one parking floor is determined, it is possible to determine a plurality of parking floors. For example, it is possible to adopt a method in which the floors of the 1st floor to 10th floor are divided into a plurality of zones and one parking floor is determined for each zone. As a result of this, it is possible to further improve the operation efficiency of the whole group supervisory control system.
- Referring to
FIG. 7 ,Embodiment 4 of the present invention will be described. - First, the configuration of the group supervisory control system in
Embodiment 4 is the same as shown inFIGS. 1 to 3 inEmbodiment 1. Hereinafter the description will be given using the same symbols as used inEmbodiment 1. - Next, referring to
FIG. 7 , a description will be given of the actions of the group supervisory controller inEmbodiment 4.FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the groupsupervisory controller 1 inEmbodiment 4. Incidentally, the actions of the groupsupervisory controller 1 are performed in accordance with a program stored by thecontrol section 10 of the groupsupervisory controller 1 in thestorage section 11. - First, as with
Embodiment 1, the groupsupervisory controller 1 beforehand stores the information on the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor which identifies the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor in thestorage section 11. In this embodiment, the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor is the 1st floor. - And as with
Embodiment 2, the groupsupervisory control system 1 beforehand stores moving time values which determine an average value of moving time which is required by each passenger in moving from the remotehall operating panel 5 to an elevator hall in thestorage section 11. This moving time value may be a value set during the installation of the group supervisory control system or may be a value periodically calculated by thecontrol section 10 on the basis of the distance between the remotehall operating panel 5 and the elevator hall and the average moving speed of each passenger, and the like. - And as with
Embodiment 1, the groupsupervisory controller 1 stores the information on car call registrations, information on hall call registrations, and information on remote hall call registrations, which are received as required from theelevator controller 30, thehall button 4, and the remotehall operating panel 5, respectively, in thestorage section 11 as learning data. - Next, as with
Embodiment 1, on the basis of the learning data stored in thestorage section 11 the groupsupervisory controller 1 periodically finds predicted demand values corresponding to each of the 1st to 10th floors, and stores the found predicted demand values in thestorage section 11. The predicted demand value of each floor varies according to a day of the week and time zone. In addition, the predicted demand value of each floor is calculated on the basis of the probability of the occurrence of a hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a remote hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a car call registration, with that floor serving as the destination floor, and so on. And when a floor has a high predicted demand value, this means that a large traffic volume is predicted for the floor. In thebuilding 6, the floor having the highest predicted demand value is the entrance floor which is the 1st floor. The floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the 1st floor is the restaurant floor which is the 5th floor. - Next, the steps S61 to S68 are the same as S41 to S48, respectively, in
Embodiment 3 and the descriptions thereof are omitted. - Next, the group
supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the hall-call-registered floor of the new hall call registration which occurred in S66 is situated between the remote hall operating panel and the parking floor (Step S69). When it is determined in S69 that the hall-call-registered floor of the new hall call registration which occurred in S66 is situated between the remote hall operating panel and the parking floor, the flow of processing proceeds to S73. - On the other hand, when it is determined in S69 that the hall-call-registered floor of the new hall call registration which occurred in S66 is not situated between the remote hall operating panel and the parking floor, the flow of processing proceeds to S70.
- Next, the steps S71 to S76 are the same as S50 to S55, respectively, in
Embodiment 3 and the descriptions thereof are omitted. - Incidentally, the processing shown in
FIG. 7 is periodically performed, and the steps S61 to S76 may be sequentially carried out or it is also possible to carry out each step independently. - The remote
hall operating panel 5 may also be installed within thebuilding 6 in multiple numbers, may also be installed outside thebuilding 6, and may also be installed on floors except the lowest floor. Moreover, the remotehall operating panel 5 is not limited to a security gate and may be composed of, for example, an upward button and a downward button for inputting the information on the destination floor direction. And the security authentication information may include destination floor information, and the information on remote hall call registrations may include destination floor information by providing a ten-key for inputting destination floor information to the remotehall operating panel 5. - The parking floor information stored in the
storage section 11 in S61 may be set during the installation of the group supervisory control system. - According to
Embodiment 4, it is possible to limit assigning a hall call registration occurring from a floor not situated between the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor to a car on standby at the parking floor set as a floor except the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor. As a result of this, it is possible to prevent the car on standby at the parking floor from running in the direction in which the car moves away from the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, and from being dispatched to the hall-call-registered floor. In addition, because it is possible to assign a hall call occurring from a floor situated between the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor to a car on standby at the parking floor, it is possible to respond to many hall calls compared toEmbodiment 3. - For example, in the case where the parking floor is set as the 3rd floor, limited is assigning a hall call registration occurring from the 4th floor to the 10th floor, which are floors not situated between the remote hall operating panel and the parking floor, to a car on standby at the parking floor. As a result of this, a remote hall call registration and a hall call registration occurring from the 1st floor, which is the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, to a hall-call-registered floor as well as a hall call registration occurring from the 2nd floor and the 3rd floor are substantially preferentially assigned to a car on standby at the parking floor.
- Although in S61 only one parking floor is determined, it is possible to determine a plurality of parking floors. For example, it is possible to adopt a method in which the floors of the 1st floor to 10th floor are divided into a plurality of zones and one parking floor is determined for each zone. As a result of this, it is possible to further improve the operation efficiency of the whole group supervisory control system.
- Referring to
FIG. 8 ,Embodiment 5 of the present invention will be described. - First, the configuration of the group supervisory control system in
Embodiment 5 is the same as shown inFIGS. 1 to 3 inEmbodiment 1. Hereinafter the description will be given using the same symbols as used inEmbodiment 1. - Next, referring to
FIG. 8 , a description will be given of the actions of the group supervisory controller inEmbodiment 5.FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the groupsupervisory controller 1 inEmbodiment 5. Incidentally, the actions of the groupsupervisory controller 1 are performed in accordance with a program stored by thecontrol section 10 of the groupsupervisory controller 1 in thestorage section 11. - First, as with
Embodiment 1, the groupsupervisory controller 1 beforehand stores the information on the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor which identifies the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor in thestorage section 11. In this embodiment, the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor is the 1st floor. - And as with
Embodiment 2, the groupsupervisory controller 1 beforehand stores moving time values which determine an average value of moving time which is required by each passenger in moving from the remotehall operating panel 5 to an elevator hall in thestorage section 11. This moving time value may be a value set during the installation of the group supervisory control system or may be a value periodically calculated by thecontrol section 10 on the basis of the distance between the remotehall operating panel 5 and the elevator hall and the average moving speed of each passenger, and the like. - And as with
Embodiment 1, the groupsupervisory controller 1 stores the information on car call registrations, information on hall call registrations, and information on remote hall call registrations, which are received as required from theelevator controller 30, thehall button 4, and the remotehall operating panel 5, respectively, in thestorage section 11 as learning data. - Next, as with
Embodiment 1, on the basis of the learning data stored in thestorage section 11 the groupsupervisory controller 1 periodically finds predicted demand values corresponding to each of the 1st to 10th floors, and stores the found predicted demand values in thestorage section 11. The predicted demand value of each floor varies according to a day of the week and time zone. In addition, the predicted demand value of each floor is calculated on the basis of the probability of the occurrence of a hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a remote hall call registration from that floor, the probability of the occurrence of a car call registration, with that floor serving as the destination floor, and so on. And when a floor has a high predicted demand value, this means that a large traffic volume is predicted for the floor. In thebuilding 6, the floor having the highest predicted demand value is the entrance floor which is the 1st floor. The floor having the highest predicted demand value next to the 1st floor is the restaurant floor which is the 5th floor. - Next, the steps S81 to S88 are the same as S41 to S48, respectively, in
Embodiment 3 and the descriptions thereof are omitted. - Next, the group
supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the hall-call-registered floor of the new hall call registration which occurred in S86 is situated between the remote hall operating panel and the parking floor (Step S89). Incidentally, this step S89 is the same as S69 inEmbodiment 4. When it is determined in S89 that the hall-call-registered floor of the new hall call registration which occurred in S86 is situated between the remote hall operating panel and the parking floor, the flow of processing proceeds to S93. - On the other hand, when it is determined in S89 that the hall-call-registered floor of the new hall call registration which occurred in S86 is not situated between the remote hall operating panel and the parking floor, the flow of processing proceeds to S90.
- Next, the steps S90 to S92 are the same as S49 to S51, respectively, in
Embodiment 3 and the descriptions thereof are omitted. - On the other hand, in S93, the group
supervisory controller 1 makes a determination as to whether or not the destination floor direction of the new hall call registration which occurred in S86 is the direction in which the car moves closer to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor as viewed from the parking floor (Step S93). When it is determined in S93 that the destination floor direction is the direction in which the car moves closer to the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, the flow of processing proceeds to S94. - When it is determined in S93 that the destination floor direction of the new hall call registration which occurred in S86 is the direction in which the car moves away from the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, the flow of processing proceeds to S90. Next, the steps S94 to S97 are the same as S52 to S55, respectively, in
Embodiment 3 and the descriptions thereof are omitted. - Incidentally, the processing shown in
FIG. 8 is periodically performed, and the steps S81 to S97 may be sequentially carried out or it is also possible to carry out each step independently. - The remote
hall operating panel 5 may also be installed within thebuilding 6 in multiple numbers, may also be installed outside thebuilding 6, and may also be installed on floors except the lowest floor. Moreover, the remotehall operating panel 5 is not limited to a security gate and may be composed of, for example, an upward button and a downward button for inputting the information on the destination floor direction. And the security authentication information may include destination floor information, and the information on remote hall call registrations may include destination floor information by providing a ten-key for inputting destination floor information to the remotehall operating panel 5. - The parking floor information stored in the
storage section 11 in S81 may be set during the installation of the group supervisory control system. - According to
Embodiment 5, it is possible to limit assigning a hall call registration occurring from floors except the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and a hall call registration which occurs from a floor situated between the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor and in which the destination floor direction is the direction in which the car moves away from the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor to a car on standby at the parking floor set as a floor except the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor. As a result of this, it is possible to prevent the car on standby at the parking floor from running in the direction in which the car moves away from the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, and from being dispatched to the hall-call-registered floor or the destination floor. Consequently, compared to the effect ofEmbodiment 4, it is possible to improve the operation efficiency of the whole group supervisory control system. - For example, in the case where the parking floor is set as the 3rd floor, limited is assigning a hall call registration occurring from the 4th floor to the 10th floor, which are floors not situated between the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor, as well as an upward hall call registration which occurs from the 2nd to and the 3rd floor situated between the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor and the parking floor and in which the destination floor direction is the direction in which the car moves away from the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor to a car on standby at the parking floor. As a result of this, a remote hall call registration or a hall call registration occurring from the 1st floor, which is the remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, to a hall-call-registered floor as well as a downward hall call registration occurring from the 2nd floor and the 3rd floor are substantially preferentially assigned to a car on standby at the parking floor.
- Although in S81 only one parking floor is determined, it is possible to determine a plurality of parking floors. For example, it is possible to adopt a method in which the floors of the 1st floor to 10th floor are divided into a plurality of zones and one parking floor is determined for each zone. As a result of this, it is possible to further improve the operation efficiency of the whole group supervisory control system.
- Incidentally, the
hall button 4 corresponds to the hall call means, and the remotehall operating panel 5 corresponds to the remote hall call means. The step S1 ofFIG. 4 corresponds to the parking floor determination means and the parking floor determination step, and the step S3 ofFIG. 4 corresponds to the parking floor cancel means and the parking floor cancel step. And the step S24 ofFIG. 5 corresponds to the parking floor correction means and the parking floor correction step. In addition, the steps S48 to S52 ofFIG. 6 , the steps S68 to S73 ofFIG. 7 , and the steps S88 to S94 ofFIG. 8 correspond to the car assignment limiting means and the parking floor limiting step.
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